National Register of Historic Places listings in Chicago

This article is about National Register locations in Chicago, Illinois. For Chicago landmarks designated by local government, see List of Chicago Landmarks.

For places listed on the National Register in the rest of Cook County, see National Register of Historic Places listings in Cook County, Illinois.

This is a compilation of properties in Chicago, Illinois, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are 326 places listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in Chicago, Illinois, including 77 historic districts that include numerous historic buildings, structures, objects and sites.^[1] Included also is a short list of formerly listed properties in the city.

The first sites in Chicago to be listed were four listed on October 15, 1966, when the National Register was created by the National Park Service: the historic settlement house Hull House, the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Frederick C. Robie House, the Lorado Taft Midway Studios, and the site of First Self-Sustaining Nuclear Reaction. The NPS first incorporated previously named National Historic Landmarks, including these four. In total, thirty-three of these sites are further designated National Historic Landmarks of the United States and there are three National Historic Landmark Districts, indicated by the two darker colors in the table below.

The most recently listed property is the West Side's Creamery Package Manufacturing Company Building, designated November 8, 2011.^[2] There are numerous early skyscraper buildings designed by Louis Sullivan, and at least three sites relate to the city's role in nation-wide retailing.^[3] Included also are numerous religious buildings, 14 hotels,^[4] and six theaters.^[5] Fully 55 are located in the downtown Loop area, including the Loop Retail Historic District itself.

Despite Chicago's historic and continuing role as a major port city, only two listed properties are ships: the German submarine U-505,^[6][7][8][9] and a U.S. aircraft rescue vehicle, AVR 661. Two National Historic Landmark ships were formerly located in the city, but have been relocated out of state.

To be listed on the National Register, sites must retain their historic integrity, they usually must be 50 years old at least, and their listing must be promoted – or at least not opposed – by the current owner. As a result of these criteria, many historically important sites in the city are not listed. Approximately 108 are also among the 292 City of Chicago-designated landmarks, which include numerous more structures that do not meet National Register criteria for historic integrity or for other reasons have not been listed.^[10]

For the purposes of this article the listings are divided into four subsidiary articles.

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Central Chicago
• National Register of Historic Places listings in North Side Chicago
• National Register of Historic Places listings in South Side Chicago
• National Register of Historic Places listings in West Side Chicago

See also

• List of Chicago Landmarks
• List of Registered Historic Places in Illinois
• List of National Historic Landmarks in Illinois

Chicago portal

References

1. ^ The total is documented by the table below, with verification in the National Register Information System (NRIS) for each one. Searching in the National Register Information System at http://www.nr.nps.gov/nrloc1.htm^{[dead link]} upon "IL" and "Chicago" yields a total of 306 for the city, because it includes eleven items that are merely boundary increases to existing historic districts and it does not yet reflect sites listed since April 24, 2008.
2. ^ [1]
3. ^ Three retailing sites are: Montgomery Ward Company Complex, Sears, Roebuck and Company Complex, Marshall Field Company Store
4. ^ Hotels: 14 sites have "hotel" in their name.
5. ^ Six NRHPs that are theaters are: Orchestra Hall, Biograph Theater Building, Balaban and Katz Chicago Theatre, Balaban and Katz Uptown Theatre, New Masonic Building and Oriental Theater, and Central Park Theater
6. ^ "U-505 (German Submarine)". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=2065&ResourceType=Structure. Retrieved 2008-06-11. 
7. ^ "Illinois - Cook County". National Register of Historic Places. http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/il/Cook/state9.html. Retrieved 2008-06-13. 
8. ^ "Uboat.net". The Boats – U-505. http://uboat.net/boats/u505.htm. Retrieved 13 June 2008. 
9. ^ "Ubootwaffe.net". U-505. http://www.ubootwaffe.net/ops/boat.cgi?boat=505. Retrieved 13 June 2008. 
10. ^ That there are 108 Chicago Landmarks which are also Registered Historic Places can be seen by inspection of List of Chicago Landmarks, which includes a column for date of NRHP listing. That there are 292 Chicago Landmarks in total can be seen by inspection of this Chicago Landmarks Commission list.

External links

• Cook County, Illinois listings at NRHP.COM, a private site repackaging government NRHP data
• National Register Information System^{[dead link]}, National Park Service.